The microprocessor, also known as the Central Processing Unit (CPU), is the brain of all computers and many household and electronic devices; the first microprocessor was the Intel 4004, generally regarded as the first commercially available microprocessor,and cost US$60 (equivalent to $354.82 in 2016); the first known advertisement for the 4004 is dated November 15, 1971 and appeared in Electronic News; the microprocessor was designed by a team consisting of American engineers Marcian Hoff, Stanley Mazor and Federico Faggin and Japanese engineer Masatoshi Shima; the 4004 was not very powerful; it was primarily used to perform simple mathematical operations in a calculator called“Busicom.”; just like microwaves or telephones, devices with microprocessors have become so integrated into our daily lives, that we cannot imagine a life without them.
Sources: http://download.intel.com/newsroom/kits/40thanniversary/pdfs/What_is_a_Microprocessor.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor https://electrosome.com/microprocessor/
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Intel 4004 was invented by Intel engineers Federico Faggin,Ted Hoff and Stanley Mazor in 15 November 1971.The 4004 was the world's first universal microprocessor.In the late 1960s many scientists had discussed the possibility of a computer on a chip.Intel's Ted Hoff was the first person to recognise that the new silcon-gated MOS technology might make a single-chip CPU(Central Processing Unit)possible.
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The microprocessor, also known as the Central Processing Unit (CPU), is the brain of all computers and many household and electronic devices; the first microprocessor was the Intel 4004, generally regarded as the first commercially available microprocessor,and cost US$60 (equivalent to $354.82 in 2016); the first known advertisement for the 4004 is dated November 15, 1971 and appeared in Electronic News; the microprocessor was designed by a team consisting of American engineers Marcian Hoff, Stanley Mazor and Federico Faggin and Japanese engineer Masatoshi Shima; the 4004 was not very powerful; it was primarily used to perform simple mathematical operations in a calculator called“Busicom.”; just like microwaves or telephones, devices with microprocessors have become so integrated into our daily lives, that we cannot imagine a life without them.
Sources:
http://download.intel.com/newsroom/kits/40thanniversary/pdfs/What_is_a_Microprocessor.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor
https://electrosome.com/microprocessor/
ELENI RETROYPOLI
Intel 4004 was invented by Intel engineers Federico Faggin,Ted Hoff and Stanley Mazor in 15 November 1971.The 4004 was the world's first universal microprocessor.In the late 1960s many scientists had discussed the possibility of a computer on a chip.Intel's Ted Hoff was the first person to recognise that the new silcon-gated MOS technology might make a single-chip CPU(Central Processing Unit)possible.
https://www.thoughtco.com/inventors-of-the-modern-computer-1992145